Boeing 737 MAX 8s: over 340 registered, many now grounded

Since the second of the two crashes, that of an Ethiopian Airlines flight last week, the aviation authorities of a number of countries — including the UK, Germany, France, Austria — have announced that they were blocking Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft from their airspace.

A Jet Airways Boeing 737-800 passenger plane moves on the runway as a man walks past at an airport in New Delhi on August 27, 2018. (Reuters Photo: Adnan Abidi)

On Tuesday, civil aviation authority DGCA grounded flights with the Boeing 737 MAX 8. The move follows the second deadly crash of a MAX 8 in the space of five months, which between them left 346 dead.

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As reported in Tuesday’s editions, two Indian airlines operate 17 MAX 8s between them. Jet Airways has not been flying these aircraft since the beginning of the month (before the latest crash) while SpiceJet was continuing with its MAX 8s until the DGCA move.

Since the second of the two crashes, that of an Ethiopian Airlines flight last week, the aviation authorities of a number of countries — including the UK, Germany, France, Austria — have announced that they were blocking Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft from their airspace.